Error Code 0x8002006E (Every CD burn attempt ends in failure)

Hey guys,
Title of the thread kinda says it all. Everytime I burn a disc, I get an error maybe 75% of the way in. It doesn't matter if I'm burning with Toast or just using OSX Finder to do it.
Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone knew what was up before I decide to head back to the Apple Store.
Out of curiosity, if the superdrive is busted, what would the protocol be? I heard that some people just ended up with new laptops onsite. (FYI, I've had the laptop for a month, too lazy to deal with the problem until now.)

OK - before you do anything else what is your Drive ?
Mine is MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D:
Now here's the problem - they are very fussy about what disks you use with them - I had 3 chucked back at me yesterday - and those ones were from a batch of 100 that were OK with my previous CD MacBook.
If you have the same drive - have you tried to see if you can use the VLC Programme to watch DVDs ? This prog allows you to use any DVDs instead of only being able to change your DVD Region 6 tiles vefor it locks.
And the other thing is - have you tried to use MactheRipper to burn your DVDs to your hard drive and this render them region free ?
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8) C2D with ?wireless problems replaing a CD that didn't .

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Error code 0x8002006e burn issue

Hi, I have read all the threads on this issue and no answer.
Apparently this is happening a lot. I have burned one cd-r that worked on my new mac pro, (month old) and now I cannot burn anymore without the error code 0x8002006e unable to verify. I can although reinsert the disk and it will read and can open random files, but who trusts a disk with errors??
I have shut down all programs to burn the disk and have restarted my finder.
I've used Sony CD-R's and Memorex DVD-R which both worked fine on Tiger on my other computer,my pc dell laptop and my external duplicator.
Running 10.5.2 all updated installed.
I have wasted about 7 cd-r / dvd-r both. I have the standard superdrive from apple, and I have installed a pioneer from an old imac g4, (apple techs said it was compatible), and received the error in both drives. I can burn via my external lightscribe duplicator and it works great.
Apple doesn't reopen until Monday and hopefully it's an issue that can be resolved now.
Any suggestions would be wonderful!!! Unfortunately the nearest Apple store is 2 hours away

I'm having this problem with CD-Rs on my new iMac. So far 3 good burns from the Finder against 5 bad. The first 4 failures died with 0x8002006E and the most recent with "Burning the disc failed because communication to the disc drive failed. (Error code 0x80020022)". Visually all the burns failed with about the same amount of the diskwritten. The DiscRecording.log visible in the Console app shows the writes failing at the same spot (except for the first which is a nonsense number):
+Finder: Write (10), block: 4294967146, count: 32 -> 3/0C/00 Medium Error, Write error+
+Finder: Write (10), block: 94240, count: 32 -> 3/0C/00 Medium Error, Write error+
+Finder: Write (10), block: 94080, count: 32 -> 3/0C/00 Medium Error, Write error+
+Finder: Write (10), block: 94144, count: 32 -> 3/0C/00 Medium Error, Write error+
The last failure showed this:
+Finder: Burn sense: 4/09/01 Hardware Error, Tracking servo failure+
+Finder: Burn error: 0x80020022 The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.+
Which is beginning to look like a hardware or firmware failure (some other forums seem to suggesting that the problem started with a firmware upgrade). I'll be checking with Apple support directly.
One other oddity, I've tried selecting 8x burn speed - the default is 24x - but DiscRecording.log records this in every case:
+Finder: Requested burn speed was max, actual burn speed is 24x.+
For the record I'm not using a particularly reputable brand of media (Infiniti's from www.medea.co.uk, bought locally) because I thought I'd start with the cheap ones and work up. Messages in this forum and others suggest that the 0x8002006e problem occurs with all brands of media so I'm not confident that upgrading would fix the problem.
Sam

Why is the Error Code 0x8002006E While Burning the Disc?

Hey there! I don't seem to get through this Issue. I was trying to burn content to a Disc and it failed with the error code 0x8002006E, while the process was almost complete. I came across a few forums and nothing helped much to resolve this problem. Is there someone who knows the exact cause? Is this is a known-issue or anything already being addressed by Apple? Or a work-around to get this resolved? because i also read (did not try) that no third-party applications, as an alternative, solved this Issue. Disappointed! Help!
Model: iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)
OS: Lion OS X 10.7.4
I have the latest software updates and Firmware updates installed.
Thank you,
Sivarama Krishnan (kvsrkrishnan)
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I found this article excerpt:
The few solution that where found where by calling at Apple and get technical support. There are a few solutions that might work.
The first one would be Go to users > your computer name / user name > library > Preferences > com.apple.finder.plist and delete this file. Also it’s advised to keep the burn speed at 8x.
The second solution found that Apple technical support gave is to unplug everything, including the AC power cord and then remove the battery. Press the power button for 10 seconds without replacing the battery or attaching the AC power cord and after the 10 seconds are up replace the battery. After the battery is in slot hold down the following keys with the left hand: Option + Apple (command) + R and with the right hand hold down the following keys: P + Power Button. You will need to hold all 5 of these buttons at the same time until you hear both sets of startup chimes Release all of the 5 buttons after you hear the two startup chime sounds.
Hope this helps

Error when burning DVD RW (Error Code 0x8002006E)

Works with DVD +R, -R, CDR... but it wont burn DVD+RW for some reason
I had this problem 3 years ago when it refused to burn CDs, and I had my ODD replaced with one of these
MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-857E:
Firmware Revision:          ZF1E
Interconnect:          ATAPI
Burn Support:          Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache:          2048 KB
Reads DVD:          Yes
CD-Write:          -R, -RW
DVD-Write:          -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies:          CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media:          Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
So here I am again having the same problem - 'burning the disk failed because an unexpected error occured (Error Code 0x8002006E)
I tried both burning from Finder and disk utiilty. I tried quickly erasing the data on it, which was nothingnd when I tried to burn something it threw up this error - 'The disk can't be burned, because the devide failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media' (their bad grammer not mine)
So what is this a software problem or another faulty ODD?
I ran a hardware test recently and no problems were identified.

I just tried it again using a different account, same problem. I was burning DVD+Rs already today, then I went out and bought a packet of discs from tesco DVD+RW and they wont burn no matter which way I try it. I remember having this problem with Tesco CDRs 3 years ago when I sent my macbook in for repair, but I think I have used tesco discs since thren without problems. I've had trouble on two occasions reading music CDs as well + the drive is sluggish and noisy when inserting/ejecting discs.
Finding a lot of threads on this and not really much in the way of solutions. At best I've been able to ascertain that the problem is probably software related owing to the error code.
I don't know what else to try. I hope tesco take back this stack of discs that's probably got nothing wrong with them, I doubt Apple will refund me.
This computer has just turned out to be an endless source of problems and headaches.

I am getting error code 0x8002006E when trying to burn a DVD

Hi, I am running the latest Lion update, on my MB Pro, and keep getting the error code 0x8002006E when trying to burn a DVD. Could this be a dirty lens issue in the drive. I see that many others have had the same problem, but relly cant seem to find anyone that has a solution that works.. Help

marobinson58 wrote:
keep getting the error code 0x8002006E when trying to burn a DVD.
It's an error thrown by Mac OS X's DiscRecording framework (as opposed to an error communicated by the drive's firmware). The message is (as you probably saw)
"The burn failed because of a medium write error."
Could this be a dirty lens issue in the drive.
I don't think there's one single cause for this error. It might be a dirty lens. It might be something else. Not all recordable optical discs work well with all burners. Try a different brand.

Error Code: "The disc can't be burned because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0x8002006E).

I cannot burn items to a disc and get the following error code; "The disc can’t be burned because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0x8002006E)."
I appreciate any help in trying to figure this out.

"I also use the application "Clean My Mac" at least ounce a month to rid it of all unwanted or unneeded files, which also is supposed to keep my Mac running at optimum speed, just as a by-the-way."
There is your problem right there!!!
CleanMyMac is complete and total paid ""garbageware"!!!!
You may have irreparably damaged/corrupted and/or deleted important/needed system and OS X operational files using CleanMyMac.
You can try and use this uninstaller to completely uninstall CleanMyMac, but the damage to your system may have already happened and has been done
since you readily admit to using this garbageware regularly on your Mac.
Here is the proper way to uninstall both CleanMyMac and CleanMyMac2.
http://macpaw.com/support/cleanmymac-classic/knowledgebase/how-to-uninstall-clea nmymac-classic
http://macpaw.com/support/cleanmymac/knowledgebase/how-to-uninstall-cleanmymac-2
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If you do, you need to search the web to find out how to correctly and properly uninstall these types of apps.
You now may need to get yourself another external hard drive, purchase and use a data cloning app, such as CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper to create a exact bootable clone of your Mac's internal hard drive to a new external hard drive.
Then erase and reformat your boot drive and do a complete, clean reinstall of you OS X system, system and security updates as well as a complete reinstall of all of your applications and updates.
Let this be a very important lesson to you!
Apps like MacKeeper or any other maintenance apps like CleanMyMac 1 or 2, TuneUpMyMac, MacCleanse or anything like these apps, installed on your Mac, while they appear to be helpful, can do too good a job of data "cleanup" causing the potential to do serious data corruption or data deletion and render a perfectly running OS completely dead and useless leaving you with a frozen, non-functional Mac.
Plus, these type of apps aren't really necessary OR needed. They really aren't.
There are manual methods to clear off unnecessary data off of your Mac that are safer and you have complete control over your Mac and not just leave a piece of auto cleaning software in charge of clearing off data off of your Mac. Their potential of causing OS X issues outweighs the implied good and benefits these types of hard drive or memory "cleaning" apps are written to do.
These types of system 'cleaning" apps are very poorly written and are really a scam to rob newbie and novice Mac users of their hard earned cash for a poorly written maintenance program that will do much more harm to a perfectly normal running OS X system than the good that the app developers purport these types of apps will do.
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It is best to never, EVER download and install these types of apps.
The risk to your system and important data is too great a risk!
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Here are some general tips to keep your Mac's hard drive trim and slim as possible
You should never, EVER let a conputer hard drive get completely full, EVER!
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Have you emptied your Mac's Trash icon in the Dock?
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If you are an iMovie user, iMovie has its own individual Trash location that needs to be emptied, too!
If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive to disc, flash drives or external hard drive, older emails you want to save.
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http://www.omnigroup.com/more
Download an app called OnyX for your version of OS X.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloadonyx.php
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move these files/data off of your internal drive to the external hard drive and deleted off of the internal hard drive.
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Moving iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
Moving iPhoto library
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506
Moving iMovie projects folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph2289
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I am having trouble burning CD's and DVD's. Get the following message: error code 0x8002006E. Can any body help ?

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Hi there!
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Error occurred (error code 0x8002006E).

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